CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA NOMINEES

The Academy has a casting branch now, so here are the 2013-14 Artios Award nominations. These are mostly starry American productions, because no other films ever get cast (Ted? Srsly, Ted? A big hand to Sheila and Angela for casting the guy who wrote the fucking film!), but also mostly female. So there's that. Awards will be handed out on the 18th of November. Fuck, that's ages away!

2013 Artios Award Nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Casting

Big Budget Feature - Comedy

• Shay Bentley Griffin, Yesi Ramirez, Karina Walters and Alyssa Weisberg (The Watch)
• Denise Chamian, Ania KAmieniecki-O'Hare and Lori Wyman (Pain & Gain)
• Lindsay Graham, Diane Heery and Mary Vernieu (Silver Linings Playbook)
• Sheila Jaffe and Angela Peri (Ted)
• John Papsidera (Oz the Great and Powerful)

Big Budget Feature - Drama

• Erica Arvold, Avy Kaufman and Pat Moran (Lincoln)
• Mark Bennett, Richard Hicks and Seher Latif (Zero Dark Thirty)
• Nina Gold (Les Miserables)
• Avy Kaufman (Life of Pi)
• Lora Kennedy (Argo)

More after the cut!

Feature - Studio or Independent - Comedy

• Douglas Aibel and Henry Russell Bergstein (Moonrise Kingdom)
• Kerry Barden, Tracy Kilpatrick and Paul Schnee (Pitch Perfect)
• Patricia DiCerto and Beatrice Kruger (To Rome with Love)
• Sarah Halley Finn and Tamara Hunter (Seven Psychopaths)
• John McAlary and Terri Taylor (Hitchcock)

Feature - Studio or Independent - Drama

• Adam Caldwell and Cindy Tolan (The Place Beyond the Pines)
• Carmen Cuba and Wittney Horton (Magic Mike)
• Craig Fincannon, Lisa Mae Fincannon, Lindsay Graham and Mary Vernieu (Looper)
• Diana Guthrie and Francine Maisler (Mud)
• Avy Kaufman (The Company You Keep)
• Francine Maisler (Lawless)

Low Budget Feature - Comedy or Drama

• Douglas Aibel and Henry Russell Bergstein (Frances Ha)
• Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee (Compliance)
• Kim Coleman and Avy Kaufman (Smashed)
• Angela Demo (Celeste & Jesse Forever)
• Ronnie Yeskel (The Sessions)

Animation Feature

• Christian Kaplan (Epic)
• Christian Kaplan (Ice Age: Continental Drift)
• Ronna Kress and Jennifer Rudin (Frankenweenie)
• Natalie Lyon and Kevin Reher (Brave)
• Jamie Sparer Roberts (Wreck-It Ralph)

Short Film

• Donna DeSeta (Hotel Pennsylvania)
• Donna DeSeta (Little Shadow)
• Sherrie Henderson and Dan Velez (200 Years)
• Kendra Patterson (The Learning Curve)
• Rose Wicksteed (Room 8)